The Criterion Collection

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Actual conversation: " That was weird. The paper made it seem good...Anyways, I saw this hilarious comedy with that guy from that show with a big nose____."

Just yesterday: "Can I hayuv too tickets fur 'Less Miz-uhr-uh-bulls'. AAAAHH Get Me Out of Here! My fellow Americans shame me sometimes

Speaking of Something Borrowed, I had a film professor use that film as an example of what to do right when thinking of a concept. I quietly disagreed.

In fact he praised that film on several occasions.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

That must be it. It's higher for us all the way here on the East Coast...

I don't even feel like buying them now.

Shipping is over 3x the cost of my entire order.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

I don't even feel like buying them now.

Shipping is over 3x the cost of my entire order.

Me too..if there was a wider group to choose from, I might have bought something...but that was the only one I wanted.

[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Terayama is a favorite of mine. Pastoral is IMO his best film.

Avant-Garde can be a wide range of stuff, too much to even list (start with the basics I guess if you haven't already, like Kenneth Anger, Maya Deren, Hans Richter, Man Ray, Germaine Dulac, etc). I found a good overview here for ya:

http://mubi.com/lists/avant-garde-film

If you want an experimental filmmaker along the lines of the others you mentioned, Paul Sharits is someone that isn't talked about as much that I would recommend. Bruce Conner as well.

Fuck yeah, thank you!

And, I got The Magick Lantern Cycle blu-ray for Christmas, so I'm covered with anger

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by DarkRyder

Fuck yeah, thank you!

And, I got The Magick Lantern Cycle blu-ray for Christmas, so I'm covered with anger

Hope you enjoy it. Oh and try to read up on the films before you watch them.

[DarkRyder]

Originally Posted by SpiderBaby

Hope you enjoy it.

I had already seen Fireworks and Scorpio Rising and loved them before I asked for it, so hell yeah I will

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I sometime wonder "what is a blind buy?"

I mean as example, let say like me you are a fan of Ozu and it just happen that they release a movie you know about from him because you know Ozu but you actually never seen it before. Is that still a blind buy? You know Ozu, you know his work and how he make's movies so it's not truly a blind buy, or is it?

I think you're right to point this out.
There's degrees of your "blindness", as it were.
When I blind-buy, it's usually something I'm quite well informed about and I'm often very familiar with the director in the first place.
And, as someone pointed out already, we go to the cinema to "blind-watch" a film and often without any background on the film or filmmaker.
Speaking of blind-buys, I watched my copy of Godard's Weekend yesterday and must say it was not one of my favourite Godard's. I loved the absurdity of it and its descent into mayhem and madness, but I found a number of the overtly political statements to really drag and go on and on. In particular, there's a scene where the two garbage collectors make very long political statements.
No regrets buying it though

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by retablo

Yep! And most of the time, the home presentation is probably better than the theater-going experience.

Far too often!
At home, I've got the perfect seating position in the middle of the room, in the sweet spot between my 7 speakers.
There's no one in front of me periodically checking the blinding beacon of light that is their phone.
I don't have a fool sitting near me who feels the constant need to explain the plot to their partner.
And the only person that rustles plastic food wrappers is Mrs Drbikeshorts. And that usually results in me pausing the blu-ray and delivering a scowl

[drbikeshorts]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

On a related note: Does anyone else here hate it when other moviegoers rush to leave the theater as soon as the end credits begin, as if they've just been freed from some kind of agonizing experience and must be the first person to leave? I always stay until the very end.

Hahahaha.
I actually love it when they rush out.
I'm usually thinking, "Good, p#ss off!"
Then I can sit there and enjoy the music over the closing credits, look for tidbits of information in the casting, crew, and particularly the "special thanks".
Even when I watch a blu-ray or DVD at home, I almost always let the credits play through to the end.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Speaking of Something Borrowed, I had a film professor use that film as an example of what to do right when thinking of a concept. I quietly disagreed.

In fact he praised that film on several occasions.

Wow. Way to piss away a reputation!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by retablo

Yep! And most of the time, the home presentation is probably better than the theater-going experience.

True. I saw The Hobbit a few days back. During a few pivotal scenes in a large Orc cave, I kept thinking about how good those scenes would look here at home on my HDTV.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

I think you're right to point this out.
There's degrees of your "blindness", as it were.
When I blind-buy, it's usually something I'm quite well informed about and I'm often very familiar with the director in the first place.
And, as someone pointed out already, we go to the cinema to "blind-watch" a film and often without any background on the film or filmmaker.
Speaking of blind-buys, I watched my copy of Godard's Weekend yesterday and must say it was not one of my favourite Godard's. I loved the absurdity of it and its descent into mayhem and madness, but I found a number of the overtly political statements to really drag and go on and on. In particular, there's a scene where the two garbage collectors make very long political statements.
No regrets buying it though

I kind of wish I was at a premier back then. I would have been up in arms defending this new bold style of filmmaking. It was a revolution which we missed & unfortunately now it's a bit dated. The riches of that film have more to do with it's aesthetic, Brechtian narrative approach and historical significance, thus leaving us contemporary audiences somewhat cold. Nonetheless, it's phenomenal in it's own right.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

True. I saw The Hobbit a few days back. During a few pivotal scenes in a large Orc cave, I kept thinking about how good those scenes would look here at home on my HDTV.

The effects of the painfully indulgent and lackluster first half were probably still in effect

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by drbikeshorts

Even when I watch a blu-ray or DVD at home, I almost always let the credits play through to the end.

Me too. It just feels..wrong..to enjoy something and stop it immediately like that.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Me too. It just feels..wrong..to enjoy something and stop it immediately like that.

This. Some films even demand it.

I watched Shame for the first time yesterday and had to watch the credits for a while to let the whole thing wash over me.

[pro-bassoonist]

Ivan's Childhood Blu-ray REVIEW

[retablo]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Me too. It just feels..wrong..to enjoy something and stop it immediately like that.

I usually stop films immediately. Oh well.

[oildude]

Very excited to see Ivan's Childhood moving to blu-ray and getting such stellar treatment. This is my most anticipated Criterion release in a long time.

Please Criterion...release more Soviet/Russian cinema on blu-ray.

Eagerly awaiting upgrades or new releases of:

The Cranes are Flying
Ballad of a Soldier
The Forty-First
Andrei Rublev
Bondarchuk's War and Peace (1965)
The Dawns Here are Quiet
Ivan the Terrible
Star
July Rain
Little Vera
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
I am Twenty

....among many others, including more great films from the silent era like Storm Over Asia.

I keep waiting for Kino to upgrade Come and See, but they have been painfully slow with it. I am not sure who holds the rights to Tarkovsky's Stalker and The Mirror (Kino?), but I want those too.

[insomniac013]

Is it true that Criterion can send you replacement cases for odd sized Criterion releases? I hate the slim line amaray that Benjamin Button has, i want it in the classic Criterion style!

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Me too. It just feels..wrong..to enjoy something and stop it immediately like that.

I have to sit through the credits of a lot of my favorite movies, simply to complete the emotional catharsis effect. The Grey is a great example. I could have easily sat in the theater for another couple of hours listening to the music of the ending credits and getting my mind around what had happened.

Jumping topics...

The review of Ivan's Childhood put a smile on my face this morning. You'd better believe I'm going to buy that film right away. I hope that Best Buy sells it, so that I can use the Reward points from my HDTV, Blu-ray player, and James Bond Blu-ray purchases, but I'll get it from somewhere else if needed.